The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-13

u remembers that when their cause was
ms with the sisni,y Of brave men the condi-
tions and oontequenees OF defeat, but pos,
ter ~ will never forget that they showed
themselves grsaTest In meeting promptly
and IN niullv The exigeneiss OF free labor.
For over p 90 years mankind has been tu-
structed and civilization benefited by n
pietur- Of insinnAtus allied from his plow
10 ass. me the dignities and WELD the pewer
oithe hcman Statet. A far greater picture
in its eject. and benefts was turniahed
mankind whom your Governor, Cen. II Ia
hugh Lee, whom mention - represented
the beat an highest type Of Sou bern man
hooi, alter the war took OF HE coat and put
his hands 10 the pillow for the met time,
God gave us our path and motion in the
universe and by the sweat Of thy face shalt
thou eat bread" will smile ona people who
reco nise an respect the dignity OF la1or. .
Amid the younger generation before l
recognize the faces OF those who must have
been my comrades Of the war. We certainly
are comra les ia several relations. In on
campaigns and battles the tame sky covered
US, the anne storm drenohed us, We were
despatched by the same mud and begrimed
by the same dust and our marches ana iati
CUES were con tor pOrRn eous and coequal. W .
assau ted each other until We became well
acquainted. With reRarh TO the personal
feelings existing between those who wers
acquainted with each other or wero friends
whom the war divided them, Imsy mention
. conversation once had with President
Lincoln, which may bs Of interest, II was
shortly after the 6rst great cavalry bait of
the war, at kslly's Poid on the Kappa han
mock, carry in 1853. he Pres dent came down
to visit the Army Of the Potomac opposite
Frederic xtburg and 10 review IL. He did me
the honor to send Tor me to visit him in tho
evening. We had an interview OF an hour 10
his tent. Ne asked me many questions about
the army. and sspe ,iallF the cavalry service
n -. A IL. q
in the Bsht we had At Relly's Ford, and in
CURED particularly gbout tho Confederate
comman ders, told him how the hsht came
TO pass, aud shove him n note which ha
received from Gen. FilIhush Lee with refer
suce TO his woVndei. H~put GU his speeta-
Were you and Cen: Leo iriendsY" =,
Certainly" sa,d !, always had bean. :"
"Wha, would hap on, he asked, should
you meet on tho battleheld2'
or killed" said, Obliged to be, Mr.. Pres
ident
He leaned that picturesque and IN ournful
facs OF his on his hand. and, after q. pause,
said with emotion: "Uh, my dod What u
dreadful thing Is awar like This, where Ter-
local friend, IA ust say each other and die
I told him that "und iubtsdly Lee thong I
DO was doing bis duty and Iknew tina: was
dOirg mine,'
Yes" ssid Mr.. Lincoln, II undorStand
your feelings, but there are many who
would think that you ought to hate each
Finally he said, "Geu Aysrill, ! wish you
wovl give me rs letter o. Lees"
''eurely, take it, MIR. President" ! re-
piled, and have been told by one of his hi
oEraphers that he carried the noie In his
pocGetfor long time and would frequently
show II.
This state ment Of personal relations an d
faalfpg "A IN mi aha n IA finn In
Lincoln, but he had heart and an under
staudin large enough to consider every re-
lation and every emotion Of tho people in
this country, which hoso longed should BIO a
nation.
The memorieI OF the four years war which
cluster above the graves OF the Blue" and
tho "Gray,' are identical and equnlly doar
TO the surviving comrades OF each. There Ia
one grand memoir, which wo may ever enjoy,
The iortitude and devotion Of American sol
diors, North and South, nj their manhood
In battle will not fail TO awaken the ad nira-
ton OF man kind so long as any people are
called Americans. The grandest efficient
result of the war was to torhfy our nation
vironod the world. Where is the nation that
does not recognize its power or that can
ahord to disregal II. The migrating thou
sands who are pouring into our country
from al nations and races, attest the uni.
vertal and continued effect and grandeur OF
that opinion.
;ns a uvov1 10 nv ,nsia IL n apifsst 0'
6ar n, nra nsth AZ n nation haa bson nm
troJdsn nv spS other. and our destiny ia he.
yond human Ken. our indu,tries will be-
oonat;on snnroschss mar eetion The nation
,.,iI nsar ~ Ion q rssoss of centeu tment nm
~ ,hvthm Of fec and rean'rSd labor will
movs he neonlsR Of the earth 10 n higher
tocial development and to o more general
union Of mankind.
The persisten MT and universal force on earth
which moves people 60 buid churches Ia ,hC
wopsbin If the GodiiEe in man the re- CT
III IN Of The ina in which va are created
Patriotism is not an inspiration Is q n 90
ossary condition Of ooiaI existence. 1t Ii
tho threshold Of religion. Outside this